Ogg Vorbis For Hardware Makers

SerpicoWasTaken writes "CNET has a story announcing the release of Tremor. It's an Ogg Vorbis (Vogg Gorbis, Vogg Orbus, or Ogg [unintelligable] as pronounced by the various managers in my office) decoder that does not require a floating point unit and could herald the rise of Ogg Vorbis compatible MP3 players." Update: 09/04 21:00 GMT by T : Sorry -- this story's a dupe.

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Let it begin!

[SkulkCU]

repeat.

not so fast...

[Longinus]

"could herald the rise of Ogg Vorbis compatible MP3 players."

Wouldn't that make them Ogg Vorbis players?

Re:Duplicate

[rosewood]

Still on the first page none the less

yet, they wont post that video games are banished in greece?

Video Games banned in Greece

[SkulkCU]

I've submitted that story... I can't imagine that others haven't. Maybe they think it's a joke?

MSNBC article

This comment is a dupe.

[Multiple Sanchez]

This comment is a duplicate of another one in this thread. Why don't you posters read the other posts before hitting "submit"? ... While you're answering that question, I'll go get a soft drink. Ahh -- diet doctor pepper. Who would have thought they could improve on the original? But they did!

Greece is old news

[los furtive]

It was first mentioned way back on March 25th, and more recently in Slashback. Don't feel dumb though, I submitted the MSNBC story too but only later realized that it had been covered. Still, you'd think a place like Slashdot would give it a bit more press.

I guess that's why it's 'news for geeks' and not 'news for greeks'

New Poll

[Nos.]

What punishment should a slashdot editor receive for posting a duplicate story?

• Stand in corner for 5 minutes - we want this on a webcam so we can see it!
• A lashing with a wet noodle
• Read all comments in the duplicate story (at -1 of course)
• Install WindowsXP on unsupported hardware
• Some lame CowboyNeal option

Bad name

[Moridineas]

The person who wrote in raises a good point--the name hurts Ogg. MP3 is a good name--it's simple (short), easy to say, easy to type, and catchy. Ogg Vorbis is none of those. I'd personally like to see a new name for Ogg.

Re:Whats the deal with floating point?

[fishbowl]

Your example is of fixed point addition.

Educate yourself a bit:

Floating Point Tutorial

Even Microsoft can help.

Are you on crack?

[Inoshiro]

It's only a "bad name" because no one recognizes it. Go back to 1997 and try saying MP3 to people in the street -- they'll give you funny looks.

As for your lies about how "hard" it is to type, yeesh, try counting it. 2 unique keypresses using 2 fingers (with one repeat motion) vs. 3 on 3 separate fingers ends up being the same -- 3 motions.

Maybe the name doesn't make sense to people who can't count, but for the rest of us, we'll keep using it.